Earle W Carlow
MilitaryPersonal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.
Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to return from fighter sweep of Southern France. P-51 43-6639 hit by flak while strafing airfield and crashed SE of La Rochelle on a sweep of the Bordeaux area 21-Mar-44. Baled out and captured POW. Later escaped and returned to duty POW/ EVD/ RTD. MACR 3378
Awards: DFC, AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Maine, USA | 29 July 1920 | |
Enlisted |
28 October 1942 | ||
Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 22 January 1943 - 21 March 1944 | Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Other Shot down |
La Rochelle, France | 21 March 1944 | Failed to return from fighter sweep of Southern France. A/C P-51 43-6639 hit by flak while strafing airfield and crashed SE of La Rochelle on a sweep of the Bordeaux area 21-Mar-44. Baled out and captured POW. Later escaped and returned to duty POW/ EVD/ RTD. MACR 3378 |
Other Prisoner Of War [POW]. |
France | 21 March 1944 - 7 May 1944 | Baled out and captured POW. |
Other Escaped/returned to duty |
Spain | 7 May 1944 - 10 June 1944 | Escaped and returned to duty EVD/ RTD. |
Based |
Boxted | 4 August 1944 | Assigned to 5th ERS at Boxted |
Died |
Skowhegan, ME 04976, USA | 23 February 1987 | |
Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Skowhegan, ME 04976, USA | |||
Buried |
East Skowhegan Cemetery Skowhegan Somerset County ME | East Skowhegan Cemetery Skowhegan Somerset County Maine, USA. | |
Enlisted |
Revisions
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133303737/earle-w-carlow
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3378 / MACR 3378, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database